“Sitting Pretty” 11 x 18” Watercolor on Paper

My paintings are largely about texture and pattern.  I love the sentimental attachment I have to things from the past such as old wallpaper patterns, embroidery designs and leather tooling.  All are combined in this totem homage to the old west.

Yesterday I was “Sitting Pretty” as the demonstrating artist for the Artists of the Black Hills exhibition in downtown Spearfish.  It was a rare day of late, where the weather got nicer as the day went on.  I took my studio on wheels down to main street and painted on site.  It felt so nice to be in the sun, to visit with people who were out as well, and to do a watercolor painting of one of the beautiful old sandstone buildings on downtown main street.  As it is once again raining, I am glad I was able to work outside yesterday!